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		<title>Still not ready to give up on the comic relief :)</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/still-not-ready-to-give-up-on-the-comic-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Brookers Newswipe: the most generic news report in the world. While i find this highly hilarious -- it also does make the serious point that most news is rubbish, and designed to tell you what to think rather than tell you what is going on.

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		<title>More much needed comedy relief.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most NZ tv adverts are dire -- but sometimes they come out with a gem.
So here is Export Gold&#8217;s Thirstfighters ad:

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		<title>Some much needed comedy relief: part 2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just couldn&#8217;t resist this one &#8211; it&#8217;s happened to hubby 3 times now in New Zealand:

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		<title>Some much needed comedy relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought we could do with a bit of unadulterated humour round here.
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		<title>How redundancy in New Zealand should be handled.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With wonderful timing, theres a really great blog on the Herald Website from employment lawyer Bridget Smith. She went to see the film Up In The Air with George Clooney &#8211; which funnily enough we also went to see the other day. Its about a guy who fires people for a living as a consultant, [...]


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		<title>So, how exactly did we get residence for my brother so quickly? Part 3.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, unbelievably, we managed to get a meeting, not with the case officer, because there wasn&#8217;t one; but with the person in charge of all family residence applications.
I didn&#8217;t sleep much, had a migraine when i woke up, and also had a doctors appointment that morning for some tests; which ran late. SO by the [...]


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		<title>So, how exactly did we get residence for my brother so quickly? Part 2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We managed to enjoy a family Christmas, but during January, the panic over how to deal with my brother possibly being kicked out of New Zealand started to return. I started not sleeping again, and began to wish I&#8217;d never come here in the first place. I started writing a letter to immigration stating the [...]


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		<title>IBM New Zealand redundancies &#8211; they are not rumours.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM New Zealand has refused to comment on rumours it is making 34 staff redundant in Wellington and merging its northern and southern region sales teams.
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		<title>So, how exactly did we get residence for my brother so quickly? Part 1.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write this. After just over two years of dealing with the family sponsorship process, which is without a doubt much more difficult and stressful than getting residency as a skilled migrant – I’ve been knocked out with a chronic migraine.
I can only assume my mind decided [...]


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		<title>The Last Winterbottom becomes a RESIDENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
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Details of how the hell this happened to follow &#8211; because you probably won&#8217;t believe it.
As soon as I get my head round it myself, and get some sleep.

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